Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Stephen King movie starring Tom Hiddleston and Karen Gillan gets cryptic first look
Sep. 3, 2024The Life of Chuck does not yet have a theatrical release date
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Vanity Fairhas shared the first look at The Life of Chuck, starring Tom Hiddleston.
Thanks to VF, we also finally know (mostly) who’s playing who: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) is a “school teacher trying to apply logic to the planet’s troubles;” Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy) is Chuck’s ex, “a hospital worker determined to save everyone she can; Matthew Lillard (Scream) is “a construction worker neighbor who finds zen amid the chaos;” Carl Lumbly (Alias), plays a funeral director “who has dedicated his life to easing people through death; with Mark Hamill and Mia Sara (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) as the grandparents who raised Chuck as a boy.
Additionally, Samantha Sloyan plays a dance instructor and Kate Siegel plays an English teacher who were both important to Chuck as a child.
“The way he [Mike Flanagan] works is so hands on and with deep love, which is really sweet when you consider how macabre his mind is, how dark the stories he tells can be,“star David Dastmalchian told GamesRadar+. “He’s just this deeply loving human being and I think Life of Chuck really explores themes that are haunting and scary, but it’s also very emotional in a way that I wasn’t expecting.”
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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